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Congressman George P. Miller
Comm.: Science & Astro., Merchant Marine & Fisheries
8th Dist., California
I AM AGAINST the erosion of the rights guaranteed us under the Constitution. I
believe the Second Amendment is as significant today as it was when the Founding
Fathers wrote it... The art of using guns is one that has afforded the people of this
country great satisfaction. It is the basis of a great deal of our recreation and the
knowledge of firearms has proven itself valuable in time of war.
Congressman Clement J. Zablocki
Committee on Foreign Affairs
4th District, Wisconsin
WE MUST INTERPRET the provisions of the Second AmendlJ.lent in the context of
the historical conditions... The Second Amendment was ... to prevent such abuses as
were perpetrated during the 18th Century by the Kings of England, who disarmed the
colonists and forbade them to bear arms. It was to provide the means of checking any
unconstitutional usurpation of authority by the central government. Although we must
remain ever watchful to prevent the usurpation of rights reserved in the Constitution
to the States and to the people, it would seem to me that. during the 184 years of our
nation's existence, we have developed some means more effective than muskets tl>
achieve those goals. While I am very mLlch interested in guns, and own guns myself.
I would not be apt to encourage the bearing of arms by our citizenry as a check on the
activities of the Federal government. In this instance, I believe that the voice of the
people is stronger and more effective than firearms.
Senator Gale W. McGee
Committee on Appropriations
Wyoming
THE FACT THAT American citizens have enjoyed the right to bear arms throughout
our history is a remarkable testimonial to the strength and stability of our democratic
institutions. There are few nations where this right has been preserved so long
and, where it has, it has become the symbol of responsible citizenship. The groups
which cry for laws which would prevent the responsible citizen from bearing arms
evidently do not realize that the danger to a society which stems from firearms is
immensely increased when honest citizens are disarmed and prevented from learning
enough about firearms to handle them safely.
Congressman Neal Smith
5th (Des Moines) Dist., Iowa
THE FRAMERS of our Constitution meant to retain to the people the power tl>
overcome any leaders who might try to set themselves up as dictators in our country.
These rights would be greatly diluted if either the military or the law enforcement
branch were given a monopoly on firepower. However, there was never any intention
to provide criminals, mental incompetents, or anyone with a legal right to conceal
weapons. I think everyone has a constitutional right to own firearms, but that the local
officials may reasonably find that the protection of other individual rights requires that
no "unbroken." concealed gun be carried in populated areas.
Congressman Jack Westland
Comm.: Interior & Insular Affairs, Atomic Energy ..
2nd Dist., Washington
THIS "RIGHT of the people to keep and bear arms" is so deeply embedded in the
philosophy of Americans that it's. difficult to imagine this right being challenged. Yet
I know this right has been and probably will be challenged. I suppose one of the
greatest days in the life of an average boy is the day when he gets his first gun.
Whether it's a .22 or a BB gun, no matter, it's his and his alone. Then his dad teaches
him how to handle it, the precautions he must take and the proper care of the weapon.
These are great days. The subsequent "joys of hunting are things to be remembered
forever. "Infringe" this right? Not me!
Congressman Howard W. Robison
Comm.: Public WorkS, Small Business
37th (Owego) Dist., N.Y.
I AM INCLINED to reel that "militia" as used in the Second Amendment connotes
a civilian armed force which has now developed into the National Guard. Note alsl>
that the drafters of the Amendment included the words "well regulated," which implies
that such an armed citizen force should be definitely controlled. This is not to say.
however, that I believe further federal restrictions should be placed on the possession
of firearms which are kept for sporting use or needed for personal protection.
Readers' Note: All Congressmen may be addressed as "House Office Building," and all
Senators as "Senate Office Building," both at "Washington 25, D. c."
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E. B. Mann Editor
Wm. B. Edwards Technical Editor
Elmer Keith Shooting Editor
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que. The figure is.a Zuni religious symbol,
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carries Serial No. 175315 and a last patent
date of January, 1875. Photo by Harry
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shooting ...
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IN THIS ISS U E
JULY. 1960
Vol. VI, No. 7-67
THE GUN BEHIND HOLLYWOOD HEROES John Lachuk 16
YOU TOO CAN BE A BULLET ARTIST....... . Clyde Howell 22
NEWSPAPER BACKS COPS IN WAR ON CRIME Robert V. little 27
THE .264 WINCHESTER MAGNUM...................... . Elmer Keith 32
special ...
CASTRO'S SECRET ARMS FACTORy .
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THE PEOPLE vs. THE SULLIVAN LAW Robert Dyment 24
guns americana . . .
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THE GUNS OF THE LITTLE BIG HORN.
HOW FAST CAN YOU HIT HIM?
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. Da niel F. Ford 26
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....... Howard C. Sarvis 31
HOW TO ACCURIZE YOUR M-I RIFLE Charles R. McClelland 36
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GUNS IN THE NEWS. .. 6
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HANDLOADING BENCH . Kent Bellah 44
SHOPPING WITH GUNS " , " Roslyn Wallis 58
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I was a guest of the Savage Arms Co. at
their luncheon in the Sheraton Park Hotel
in Washington, D. C., March 22nd, when they
presented the National Rifle Association with
their one millionth Model '99 rifle. Joseph V.
Falcon, President of Savage Arms Co., made
the presentation speech and Irvine C. Porter,
President of the National Rifle Association,
accepted. The rifle is to be placed in the
N.R.A. Museum at N.R.A. headquarters in
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This one-millionth Savage '99 is a beauty
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The '99 Savage, then in .303 and .38-55
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memories of Montana elk and deer hunting.
Then came the .22 Hi-Power Imp, the .250­
3000, and later the .300 Savage, the latter a
very efficient deer cartridge. With the advent
of the .308, .243, and .358 Winchester cartridges,
Savage chambered their Model '99
for all three; and since they introduced it in
.358 caliber, it has been my chief recommendation
for all who prefer lever actions as a
big game rifle for America.
The '99 Savage has always had' the finest
magazine for a lever action rifle. That fine
spool-type magazine, developed earlier than
the Mannlicher Schoenauer magazine, I have
always considered about the best ever pro·
duced. Bullet points are not battered or deformed
as is true in tubular magazines, and
the Savage magazine has an indicator telling
how many rounds remain in the magazine.
The Savage '99 really came into its own
with the introduction of the Model 99-Dl and
the 99-F with their top tang safety, lever
lock, and .358 Winchester caliber. The .358
caliber Model '99 is a rifle I can heartily
recommend for our larger game, like elk and
moose and big bear, as well as for the
smaller deer-sheep-goat class of game. With
its 250 grain bullet in .35 caliber, it has
proved a very good killer on most all our big
game when properly placed. For the lady,
the oldster, or anyone wanting a light, handy,
fast lever action rifle for our big game, the
.358 Model 99-Dl, fitted with hunting scope
or good receiver sights, is a mighty good
choice. It also makes one of the finest saddle
guns extant, owing to total absence of projections
and its flat receiver. Savage Arms
Co. is to be congratulated on the production
of the one-millionth rifle in this model. The
serial number alone proves the '99's long-time
popularity, and such popularity has to be,
and is, deserved.
Crossman Model 600
Crossman's new semi-automatic .22 caliber
pellet pistol, the Model 600 (pictured and
described in detail in June GUNS), is fitted
with adjustable Patridge-type !arget sights,
with windage and. elevation in rear sight
and a 1/IOth inch front blade. The trigger
contours the trigger finger perfectly, and
trigger pull is reminiscent of the finest target
pistols.
The new 40 ounce Crossman pistol has the
weight almost directly over the crotch of the
shooting hand, and it balances and points
perfectly. Stock angle is just right, and this
is the finest pellet·shooting understudy of our
big .22 match auto pistols we have yet tested.
Cheap practice with this Crossman 600 will
enable anyone to take up the fine S & W,
Ruger, Colt, or High Standard semi-auto target
pistols and do top·flight shooting with
them.
The gun· is powered with C02 gas cylinders
that fit in the tube directly under the
barrel. Barrel is button rifled and seems very
accurate. Each gas cylinder holds from 30
to 40 charges, and the magazine on the left
side of the gun holds ten pellets. A swinging
arm picks up the pell from the magazine
tube and, as· the trigger is pressed, flips it
over into the barrel cone where the gas drives
it forward through the barrel. It is a very
ingenious arrangement and functions perfectly
so long as the pellets are not damaged
or out of round. T)le grips are walnut-colored
plastic of excellent shape, with thumb rest
for either right or left hand. Maximum range
is said to be 100 feet. It buries the pellets
nicely in wooden blocks at 25 feet and shoots
through sardine tins, so we presume will be
fine for pack rats in the cabin or knocking
that wailing tom-cat off the back fe ceo
Safety is just back of trigger on left side.
The cocking slide is also on left side. This
Crossman gas pell gun offers the best cheap
indoor shooting we have seen, on account of
its lack of sharp report. My tests indicate
it is very accurate, and with any suitable
wooden back stop it is absolutely safe to use
in the yard even in a closely settled community
if reasonable care is exercised. It should
be a great boon to all pistol shooters who
want to keep in practice without driving long
distances to a pistol range. A 25 to 30 foot
basement or room is all that is needed for
a range, and one can learn to hold and
squeeze just as well with it as with the fine
target pistols and expensive ammunition.
For training youngsters it is the best we
have seen. However, while not a firearm, it
is nevertheless a fairly powerful arm and
must be treated as such. I believe it has
plenty power for brain shots on cottontails
(Continued on page 66)
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"Extending man's vision
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THE
GUN
BEHIND
Many now-famous stars have learned gun skills from "first
American" who has taught arms history and military lore.
HOLLYWOOD HEROES
I
F ALL I DIAN braves had been as handy with guns as fullblooded
Chickasaw Rodd Redwing, you'd never hear today's
taxpayer's lament, "Give the country back to the Indians!" You
wouldn't hear it, because the Indians would still be in full possession!
Rodd is one of Hollywood's leading technical experts on weapons.
He might very well qualify for "fastest gun alive" laurels, if he
cared to claim them. But, as he puts it, "I don't, simply because I
don't think there is any such thing. In the Old West, the white man
had a saying, 'There was never a horse that couldn't be rode, or a
man that couldn't be throwed.' This applies to fast guns. Gun-slinging
is like any other skill; you can't be best all of the time. Speed with
a gun depends upon the shooter's current physical and mental condition.
One day, he might be unbeatable, on another, he just can't
do anything right. The most any athlete can hope for is to average
out as one of the best."
Actually, Rodd makes his living by doing things right all of the
time-at least when it counts. Too often, doing something wrong
would not only cost substantial money losses for a film studio-it
might cost a life.
During the filming of "The Fastest Gun Alive," for which Rodd
was technical director, he was obliged to shoot down a narrow
corridor between dozens of extras who were "spectators" at the
famous "beer mug shot" by Glenn Ford. Alan Joslyn dropped the
beer mug (made of wax to avoid glass splatter), and Glenn drew
and shot at it with a blank. Rodd, placed out of camera range with a
.22 rifle, shattered the mug in unison with Glenn's shot. The backstop
for Rodd's bullet was a bale of hay placed at the end of the narrow
corridor between the extras. A wrong shot here could have been
GUNS JULY 1960
By JOHN LACHUK
No phony redskin, Rodd is serious worker
in local Indian crafts and social groups.
17

New Angle On Old Trick
Short-range accuracy plus speed is demonstrated by
Redwing who draws six-gun with same hand that
drops matchbox; then as box falls he cocks and fires,
hitting wafer on backstop before box hits floor.
disastrous, but nothing happened; and all three "takes"
were perfect.
Rodd is also in demand as a professional exhibition
shooter. For exhibitions, he uses a pair of Frontier Colts
with chambers sleeved to shoot .22 rimfire cartridges, and
a pair of Marlin .22 caliber, lever-action rifles. He fires
against the hardened steel backplate of a shooting board
which was designed and built for him by the Los Angeles
Police Department. Rodd is equally adept with his dozen
Qr so big bore rifles and pistols, but they don't lend themselves
to use on a stage or at a TV studio.
Rodd has performed on many network TV shows, such
as "Wide, Wide World," "You Asked For It," "Art Linkletter's
House Party," "What's My Line," "I've Got a
Secret," and "People Are Funny." During rehearsals for a
recent "People Are Funny" show, Rodd twice registered
draw times witnessed by 43 persons, of .17 of a second,
including reaction time. On "You Asked For It," Rodd
did his most controversial shooting stunt, that of throwing
a knife with his right hand, then- drawing his holstered
gun with the same hand and shooting a hole to receive the
still hurtling knife.
One Hollywood writer has intimated that Rodd's spectacular
shooting is largely the result of trickery. The
"trick" to the knife shot, as Rodd explained it to me, is
to "Pick out a mark on the board at which to throw the
knife. Then shoot a hole in that spot while the knife is
in flight." It's a good trick-if you can do it.
Another of Rodd's stunts is to snuff out a candle with
his Frontier revolver-complicating matters by putting the
candle on a swinging pendulum... pendulum... He has another pendulum
with a two inch hole in its center. Through this, he
splits a bullet on an ordinary hunting knife, shattering two
wafers, placed one to each side of the blade. Rodd performed
these and other shots in his repertoire at the
December Fast Draw National Championship match, held
in Las Vegas, Nevada, before an audience of over 3000.
He amazed even the most blase among the shooters present
to compete in the event. Crowds are nothing new to Rodd.
He recently did his exhibition shooting in the Hollywood
Bowl, before an audience of 20,000.
Unlike many Hollywood personalities, Rodd does not
make free personal appearances in search of publicity.
He does perform a great many benefit shows for the Boy
Scouts, Polio and Muscular Dystrophy victims, and crippled
children's schools, totalling an audience in 1959 of almost
8,000. He also visits boy's detention schools, in an effort
to bring a message of rehabilitation to these troubled
youngsters. Rodd loves childen. After Rodd performs for
one of these children's groups, he throws the meeting open
to questions-no holds barred. Here are a few typical
ones: "When did you become an Indian?" "Do you
live in a tepee?" "Are you married to a squaw?" (Rodd's
charming wife, Erika, came to the United States from
Germany, before World War II.) "Have you ever been
shot?" "Have you ever killed anyone?" Rodd doesn't tell
his youthful audience that he has taken human life, although
he was obliged to do so during World War II. He
does admit to being shot. When his wide eyed spectators
ask how, Rodd replies with his usual impish grin, "With
a B-B gun!" However, the several scars on his body really
resulted from some pretty rugged action in the South
Pacific as a lieutenant in the Army Air Force.
Rodd's concern for his own people leads him to spend
much of his time working in (Continued on page 61)
18 GUNS JULY 1960

GUNS foreign correspondent Brown is
shown finger hold by Lt. Rafael Carrera,
QM chief for Comacho, who wears
2" .45 Colt New Service. Below, Brown
studied, did not fire "La Siquitrilla."
design, modeled after the Dominican Republic's "San
Cristobal." The San Cristobal is basically a .45 caliber
Beretta submachine gun. According to Comacho's more
talkative aides, the armory is "fully equipped." Production
capacity of the arsenal will be determined by the number of
personnel employed. Comacho mentioned that production
would be held up because of lack of properly trained personnel,
but his aides said later that the arsenal employs 130
to 140 men and, out of this group, 30 to 40 are "armorers."
I was unable to get him to define what was meant by
"armorers." .
The equipment of the shops, bought by Batista but used
only for repair work, includes forges, lathes, and punch
presses capable of "24,000 presses per 24 hours." Presently,
Comacho is waiting for a governmental go-ahead to
start producing a .45 cal. copy of the Sten submachine gun
which still is under wraps. Cuban security regulations
precluded inspection of the armory.
One of Comacho's experimental weapons produced in the
GUNS JULY 1960
Libertad arsenal· after being initially developed in the
mountains, is the improved copy of the San Cristobal.
According to Comacho its weight is slightly lighter han
that of the San Cristobal; it pumps out .30 cal. carbine
ammo at a faster rate than its father.
Comacho has not tested its cylic rate of fire, but feels
that "it shoots.40 rounds in the same time the San Cristobal
would fire 30." Range is shorter than the 700-meter range
of the San Cristobal due to shorter barrel length.
Although I was unable to test fire the weapon, it seems
logical that the modifications Comacho has introduced are
definite improvements. The bolt handle is hollowed out,
filled with oiled waste. The oil gradually seeps through a
small aperture in the bolt handle onto the bolt itself as the
weapon fires. This "oiler," according to the Comandante,
rectifies one major defect of the San Cristobal, that of the
bolt and extractor heating after prolonged firing which in
turn caused the weapon to jam.
On the San Cristobal, the (Continued on page 37)
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"BULLET ART" IS NOT A
SKILL RESERVED TO TOP "PRO"
EXHIBITION SHOOTERS.
IT'S FUN, AND WITH PRACTICE
YOU TOO CAN BE A
BULLET ARTIST
Old-style mailbox with new style bullet holes (above) and bullet-punched
house marker are signs of author's home-developed .22 auto rifle skill.
22
By CLYDE HOWELL
D
RAWING PICTURES with bullets
is a form of gun fun that has
been reserved, seemingly, for the sole
enj oyment of the professional exhibition
shooters. Ad Topperwein was a
wizard at it, could "sketch" an Indian
head complete with feathered headdress
almost as fast as an artist could
do it with pen strokes. The late Ed
McGivern referred to it as "Bullet Art."
It's fun, and it requires precision shooting,
and these are usually the prime
requisites for popularity for a shooting
sport-yet nobody does it. Why?
I say nobody does it; at least I've
never seen any evidences of "bullet art"
in or around the homes of the many
gun fans I know. Shooting friends to
whom I talked knew nothing about it.
Yet it isn't an expensive form of shooting.
It isn't easy, yet it isn't something
nobody can do but a professional
gun-magician. It's visible, and will
impress even your non-shooting friends
-something that can't be said about
the other paper-punching target games.
GUNS • JULY 1960

INFLEXIBILITY ON BOTH SIDES COMPLICATES ALL
TALK OF GUN LAWS. BUT GUN PEOPLE ARE AT LEAST BEING HEARD
"THE SULLIVAN LAW is outmoded," Governor Nelson
Rockefeller's special assistant Arthur Christy told me
recently in Albany. "The Governor is much interested in
the problem."
.Good. But New York's Governor is only the top man of
many who are concerned over the Sullivan Law. Public
opinion is shifting away from the old time "put more teeth
into it" concept, and this is a healthy sign for the shooting
sportsmen in the Empire State and elsewhere. Last February
25, at an open hearing, devotees of sporting arms fired
a collective volley at bills backed by New York City's administration,
which would tighten controls on firearms and
ammunition.
The bills, drafted as part of New York City's attack on
juvenile delinquency, were assailed as impeding and
harassing honest men and infringing the constitutional right
to bear arms. Most critical, when asked about these gun
laws, was the comment of one of the nation's foremost
psychologists and social workers, Dr. Lee Steiner, author
of the current best-selling "Understanding Juvenile Delin-
quency" which all but ignores the anti-gun law.
"These anti-gun laws as supposed cures for juvenile delinquency
seem often to be the work of desperate people
willing to take any measure," Mrs. Steiner said. "They
appear not to be really concerned over whether their ideas
will work, or not.
"You will recall that National Prohibition was much the
same thing and it, too," Mrs. Steiner dryly commented,
"was supposed to cure all sorts of social evils."
Thirty firearms bills, including shotguns and rifles, were
taken up at the hearing. Spokesmen for rod and gun clubs
found no merit in any of the restrictive legislation. They
sympathized with police problems, but declared that more
legislation was not the answer. .
Karl T. Frederick, who spoke for the State Conservation
Council, declared that New York already had the strictest
laws on firearms, yet still has a high crime rate.
"It's not the weapons," he said, "but the people that use
them. This notion that crime can be stopped by passing
another bill is utterly fatuous." (Continued on page 49)
THE SULLIVAN LAW
GUNS JULY 1960 25

The Missing Link • The Missing Link In Rapid-Firers
• In Rapid-Firers
Primitive rapid fire gun found in old stone house pre-dates Civil
War but has design of Luger, Maxim and Borchardt! Steel reload
shells were charged, capped before placing into gun feed trough.
Shells in feed tray roll onto spindle. putting
each shot in line with the moving breech bolt.
By DANIEL F. FORD
H
ISTORIANS
USUALLY credit R. J. Gatling with producing the
first practical machine gun for combat use. Practical, his guns
were, and combat use they saw, but Gatling was not the first. The
Gatling system was the highest expression of the '.'battery g1]!1," a
repeater with a group or battery of barrels. But for nearly a century
now the single-barrel gun has held the field, and the most widely
used single barrel gun was the Maxim'.
As machine gun students know, the Maxim's construction centers
around a Luger-like toggle joint action which imparts a fore-andaft
movement to the breech block to fire and reload. The Maxim was,
Sir Hiram Maxim supposed, an "improvement" on the Gatling. But a
recent discovery in New Hampshire may show the basic design of the
Maxim, though not Maxim's, pre-dates the Gatling by a handful of
years. A local gunsmith has unearthed a percussion-cap machine gun
which residents conjecture may date so far back as 1840, decades
before either Gatling or Maxim made their appearance. The gun,
located in the village of Charlestown, fires .54 caliber rifle bullets
through a single barrel as fast a.s the operator can turn the crank. A
slight alteration in the mechanism, a spring to automatically return
the breech block, would have produced a true automatic machine gun
had the inventor wanted it!
In the opinion of Col. George M. Chinn, (Continued on page 62).
26 GUNS JULY 1960

Total of 481 officers registered
at Bergen shoot from 53 bureaus.
W. H. Harrington, Englewood, aims
Colt OMT that took first place.
S&Ws on the line jump at Fair
Lawn range during police match.
Many departments issue targetsighted
guns, encourge practice.
NEWSPAPER BACKS COPS
IN WAR ON CRIME
JERSEY NEWSPAPER BOOSTS SHOOT. POSTS NAMES.
SCORES. AS COPS PRACTICE GUN' SKILL THAT
By ROBERT V. LITTLE
WILL DISCOURAGE CRIMINALS
J
UNE 9, 1956 ... A POLICEMAN lined up the sights of his .38 special and
fired. He flinched from the noise and recoil of his own weapon, and the
sound of the shooting going on around him. Desperately he tried to steady his
shaking hand and fire again before it was too late! Minutes later-when it was
all over-he shook his head in despair as he talked to the cop next to him. "I
was shaking like a leaf! How about you?"
The other cop grinned self-consciously as he answered, "I was scared stiff!"
What nerve-shattering ordeal had these two policemen just been through?
-a gun battle with a notorious criminal? A fight to the death? No, they had
just completed their relays in a pistol match and were discussing their
performance behind the firing line.
Was this dismal lack of poise a sad commentary on the protectors of our
citizenry? If so, a lot of civilian shooters would sympathize, for match pressure
gets us all. At any rate, it was encouraging to see two policemen, even if not "hot
shooters," at least firing their guns ... shooting man to man in a pistol match
alongside that select few who seem to make up the (Continued on page 40)
GUNS JULY 1960 27

BID lOIN
GUNS JULY 1960
Boy general never grew up; ended starred career with
blunder so big historians still split on reasons why.
Custer battle museum preserves relic M76 Winchester found on site but made too late. Colt Peacemakers
under 10,000, Springfield carbines under 45,000, may be Custer relics. Genuine guns are rare.
29

outed and put under siege atop
what is now known as Reno Hill,
four miles from the actual Custer
battlefield. Total killed in entire
command: 315.)
There were many factors besides
weapons contributing to the
disaster'at the Battle of the Little
Big Horn. (1) Enmity and jealousy
existed in the entire command,
composed of Custer and
anti-Custer advocates. (2) Forced
marching from the time the command
left the Yellowstone, especially
during the last night before
the battle, must have had
some adverse effect on the troops'
fitness and endurance. (3) There
were many raw and inexperienced
recruits in Reno's battalion.
(4) Custer underestimated and under-rated the Indians'
strength and abilities as fighters. (5) Custer jumped the
gun by one day and attacked without waiting for Gibbons'
forces to join him as was previously agreed. (6) The location
of the site of the battle was unfavorable to cavalry
tactics. " The list could be extended, with every point
argued pro and con.
Another thing I have heard mentioned, was the presence
of liquor just before and during the march up Rosebud
Creek just preceding the Battle. Whiskey is referred to in
Charles Kuhlman's exceptionally complete book, "Legend
Into History." Several years ago I saw a printed circular
tacked to a Lame Deer store in which some public official
recounted that a sizeable quantity of "snake bite remedy"
had been taken along and that there was drunkenness during
the march. Who knows?
But, still, there was that factor of weapons. And that must
have had some bearing on the disaster, although how much
weapons handling outweighed bad generalship, it is difficult
30
Among finest of cased Navy Colts in
famous Chernoff Collection, Chicago,
are French-cased pistols from Stokes
Kirk sale. They were once documented
as owned by Custer who left them home.
Indians had motley array of arms. Bows
and arrows took biggest toll of 7th
troopers. Sharps Octagon Sporting
Rifle in museum was fired by Spotted
Wolf, Cheyenne, in Custer battle. The
1866 Winchester was found on scene by
Two Whistles, Crow scout with Gibbons.
Soldiers lacked not guns, but numbers.
now to tell. Custer's blunders were bad enough.
Each soldier was armed with a Model 1873 Springfield
carbine, of .45-70 caliber and a Model 1873 Colt Army
revolver (the Peacemaker) also of .45 caliber. The carbines
were manufactured in the Government arsenal at Springfield,
Mass. The revolvers were purchased, on a contract
basis, from the Colt firm at $13 and $12.50 each. The revolver
was of the single action type, with a six shot cylinder
capacity. The carbine was a single shot arm with an accurate
range, in experienced hands, of about 400 yards.
While a number of the 1873 carbines have turned up at
the Custer Battlefield museum through the years, not all of
these were used at the Custer Battle; nor indeed could they
have been since the serial numbers of some were too high
and because of certain refinements added later, such as
aperture butt plate (for a cleaning rod) and modification
of the rear sight. As a general guide, one may assume that
1873 Springfield carbines with serial numbers up to 45,000
may have legitimate claim to (Continued on page 42)
GUNS
JULY 1960

By ELMER KEITH
T
HE LONG-AWAITED Model 70 Winchester in .264 Magnum
caliber is now a reality, ready and waiting for the 1960 hunting
seasons. The new cartridge is based on the same blank as is used
in the .458 African and .338 Alaskan, and is to be called "The
Westerner." It comes in two bullet weights: a flat-based 100 grain at
3700 feet velocity, and a 140 grain at 3200 feet. Naturally, I much
prefer the 140 grain bullet for all shooting over long ranges, for either
pests or the lighter big game.
Winchester advertises this rifle and cartridge for elk as well as for
the smaller big game. On this, as a big-bullet man, I cannot agree. It
should take all our lighter big game nicely, including the small barren
ground caribou; but I would not choose it for elk, moose, or big bear.
The rifle is cut with a nine inch twist and the Winchester engineers
tell me that the 140 grain bullet was the heaviest that would stabilize. I
would have preferred a 7%" to 8" twist and a 160 grain bullet. But
this doesn't mean that I don't like this rifle; I do. It should just about
fit the dreams of any man for a long range, flat shooting rifle; and its
ballistics are close to amazing.
The cartridge case is huge for the bore for most all I.M.R. powders,
and Winchester loads it with a special ball powder of very slow-burning
characteristics. Hodgson's 4831 will work in the new cartridge,
and an even slower burning powder would no doubt be advisable.
We received rifle No. 465286 for test. Action and trigger of this
rifle was rough, but it has a very fine barrel. We fitted it with a
Bushnell 3X-9 variable-power scope with command post and crosshair
reticle in Bushnell Model 70 mounts. The scope and mount
performed perfectly on this rifle. In fact, it seems an ideal combination
for such a high veloCity, flat shooting, long range rifle.
The rifle is slim, trim with a three-shot magazine. Barrel length is
26", necessary to burn the huge charge of slow-burning ball powder
properly. Stock is Monte Carlo comb, type P.G., just right for scope
use but a bit tight for the folding leaf rear sight. However, that
folding rear sight in conjunction with a fine hunting scope is ideal
for this rifle, or most any hunting rifle. Should the scope be damaged
or put out of commission, the rifleman still has a good set of open
Unfired
100 yd.
range
200 yd.
range .
•
tt
300 yd.
range
400 yd.
range
tl I
500 yd.
range
New "Power Point" bullet of .264 is major
partner of development. Expansion of two
good bullets, 100 and 140 gr. are shown.
The .264 Winchester MagnuJJl
PEOPLE FORGET THAT KEITH. ADVOCATE OF
BIG CALIBERS. WAS ALSO "IN ON" THE DEVELOPMENT 0 F MANY HIGH­
VELOCITY LOADS. HERE IS ONE HE LIKES
32 GUNS JULY 1960

How To Accurize Your
By CHARLES R. McCLELLAND
N
ow THAT UNCLE SAM's SAM's World World
War II rifle is being released in
ever increasing quantities, there will
be many questions raised by the proud
new owners of U.S. caliber .30 M-l
;ifles when they find that the groups
they fire are not as tight as they would
like.
Most of the M-l's 'generally available
today are run of the mill, rapidly produced
brutes that will keep up with
or surpass any other similar military
weapon in the world, but which will
not produce match' results-not, at
Guard meets resistance '/2" or less
closing, affects bedding pressure.
least, without a little tuning. Therefore,
unless you are one of the more fortunate,
able and willing to sweeten Uncle
Sam's coffers by about $170 by purchasing
a National Match model M-l
through the Director of Civilian Marksmanship,
you will probably have to be
content with one of the standard models
now available through many outlets.
The standard model in new condition
sells for about $100; less commercially.
The standard model can be made to
perform practically as well as the
match model by applying a few tried
Receiver needs a
clearance forward
of rear curve. On
handguard ends,
leave 1/32" for
heat to expand.
and proven gimmicks. Anyone who can
use a sharp Boy Scout knife should be
adept enough to do most of the suggested
alterations; alterations that are,
by the way, essentially the same as the
accurizing methods employed at the
Springfield Armory in the production
of the National Match Model. If you
do run into problems you can't handle,
consult your local gunsmith.
The primary difference between the
Standard model that is issued to the
G.I.'s and the National Match version
is in the barrel. Tolerances for the
match barrel are held close to those of
commercial target barrels. whereas the
standard barrels are made a little looser
to avoid malfunctions in combat. Let's
not go into more technical comparison
of the two barrels; suffice it to say that
the match barrel is more accurate due
to greater coddling during manufacture.
This is what you would have paid
for with that extra $70, and it's a condition
you can't alter with a jackknife.
From a safety standpoint, however,
both barrels, as well as the action,
are said to be as strong as any manufactured
today.
For accuracy's sake, let us look at
some of the exterior features of the M·l
that will often more than offset the
quality of the barrel. Barrels expand
and get longer when they are heated
through firing. This expansion, if impeded
in any way, will cause the barrel
to bend ever so slightly, but enough to
throw the bullets far from a tight group
on the target.
Generally, this normal expansion will
be hampered by either the handguards
or the rear loop of the gas cylinder
fitting too tightly. This will usually r(sult
in vertical stringing of bullet impacts.
To cor- (Continued. on page 39)
Action beds where
arrows point. You
may relieve and
pack cuts with a
glass bedding to
improve shooting.
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.303 British Loads
T
HE SUN NEVER SETS on guns cham·
bered for the .303 British cartridge.
They are widely used to bag everything. It
did very well in the hands of ivory poachers
in darkest Africa if you count up the tons
of ivory they collected. But, of course, that
doesn't .mean it's an elephant rifle.
The .303 British is much like our .30·40
Krag. Safe charges for our outrigger maga·
zine piece can be used in the British number
with bullets of equal weight and design.
Shiploads of surplus .303's are in this
country. Those in good condition are suitable
for any game that a .30·40 Krag will bag.
Scope mounting is 'not a do·it·yourself job
on any of the Enfield 1914 actions, but gun·
smiths make altera'tions so they take Buehler,
Williams, and other mounts. The "Reming·
ton 30" type of conversion is most popular.
For the SMLE's, Williams makes good sights
and mounts.
The .303 is called a "bastard .30" because
generally .311" bullets are used rather than
.308". Groove diameters may vary quite a bit
One-piece stock is specialty of EI·
wood Epps, Clinton, Ont., on S.M.l.E.
Williams mounts are popular on .303s.
from the listed .311". Winchester and Rem·
ington both supply loads with a 215 grain
bullet starting at 2180 feet per second. I
think lighter pills are better for most use,
and certainly for deer·size game in open
country. Larger game might require heavy
slugs for deep penetration at low velocity,
and you do get it with a .303.
Handloaders may have some difficulty un·
less the conect diameter bullet is used. If
you can't slug and mike your bore, your
gunsmith will do it. I've never seen a tight
bore, but a friend has one that shoots .308
bullets with good accuracy. Some writers of
yesteryear recommended 8mm bullets. The
.303 is also a "bastard 8mm" because .323"
pills are too large for the bores I've seen.
Loaded ammo sometimes. fails to chamber
and, if it does, ·pressure will definitely
increase.
Some 8mm bullets are only .318". They
can be used with loads carefully worked up
for oversize bores. I do not consider them
correct for barrels with grooves near .311"
or .312", as measured by someone who knows
how to slug and mike a bore with a quality
mike.
If you happen to have a supply of 8mm
bullets, and must use them in a bore of
unknown dimensions, and the cartridges
chamber freely, at least start with powder
charges fully 10 per cent lighter than
"standard" and work up, provided extraction
is easy and you have no indications of exces·
sive pressure. This statement is not for you
old hands who are skilled in loading am·
munition, but for beginners seeking infoI"
mation. Working up charges with your par·
ticular components and gun is basic, and
applies to most all calibers of rifles. Check
out your 8mm pills by dropping one in the
mouth of a fired factory case of the make
and lot number you plan to reload. If it
doesn't drop in freely the bullet is probably
too large for your chamber.
This trick doesn't tell you anything about
the bore. But a tight throat can raise pres·
sure fast, and the increase is at the worst
possible place. Thrust is increased on the
vital case head and in the chamber. I like
bullets fairly close to groove diameter in
most rifles. This nearly always allows the
necessary couple of thousandths or more
clearance in the vital throat area. Tight
throats (or oversize bullets) cause high pres·
sure and poor accuracy. ExtreI)1ely sloppy
throats give poor accuracy. Military arms
often have slightly sloppy throats, but seldom
tight ones.
Brass thickness of the .303 British case
varies quite a bit. Norma wisely supplies
loads with 130 grain bullets starting at 2790
feet per second. These are real little hellers,
using some 42.4 grains of Norma 101 powder
with breech pressure only 39,910 pounds per
square inch. You get the same ballistics with
38 grain DuPont 4198, but pressure jumps
over 3,000 psi. It's still well within the
maximum recommended 45,000 psi limit.
Norma's 180 grain boat tail bullet starts
at 2410 f.p.s., using 39 grains of their 101,
or 38.3 grains of DuPont 3031. Norma am·
munition is excellent, and the above are
both good loads. I recommend cutting the
listed charges a grain or so for reloads.
The 215 grain Norma slug starts at the
same 2180 f.p.s. as U. S. ammo, using 37.5
grains of their 101 powder, or 37.7 grains
of our 4064 that gives a little lower pressure
than the Swedish propellant. All Norma
bullets are .311", and of the four diameters
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BULLET SWAGING DIES for %" x 14
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Weight of bullets can be changed simply by
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bullet is soft lead wire for perfect swaging
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POCKET SAW for sportsmen can be carried
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ANDEROL RUST PREVENTIVE for guns
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Can be used for guns in storage, on display,
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